Variation in plasma glucose and free fatty acid concentrations in sheep associated with season, pregnancy and lactation
- 1 February 1974
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Agricultural Science
- Vol. 82 (1) , 181-184
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s002185960005036x
Abstract
Plasma free fatty acid (FFA) concentrations are generally a reflexion of the extent of mobilization of depot fats (Frederickson & Gordon, 1958). In non-fasted sheep values are low, usually in the region of 100–200 μ-equiv./litre plasma, but occasionally values up to 500 μ-equiv./litre have been noted in fed, unstressed sheep (Leat & Ford, 1966). To obtain information on the variation in the concentration of plasma glucose and FFA, sheep were studied over a period of two seasons.Keywords
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